Research Article

Relationship between Latitude and Melanoma in Italy

Table 3

Relative survival: Relative Excess Risk of death (RER) and 95% confidence intervals for malignant melanoma for selected variables.

Variable RER*, 95% CIAdjusted RER*, 95% CI

Sex
 Female1.0001.000
 Male1.8291.584–2.1101.7341.523–1.973
Age (years)
 0–441.0001.000
 45–591.5311.263–1.8561.4801.223–1.791
 60–742.4132.003–2.9082.3391.945–2.813
 75+4.0063.237–4.9574.1013.317–5.069
Mean provincial Income 20020.9900.985–0.9940.9910.987–0.994
Mammography 2000 (%)0.9890.983–0.994
Blond hair 1859–63 (%)0.9940.981–1.007
Latitude (increasing degrees)0.9310.895–0.969

*Estimated relative excess risk of death by Generalized Liner Model on Relative Survival.
Generalized Liner Model on Relative Survival including annul follow-up time (omitted in the table), sex, age, and mean provincial 2002 income.